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Recognised as Colour

#06C8D2

  • #06C8D2
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark turquoise

#06C8D2 is a cyan with RGB values 6, 200, 210 and HSL 183°, 94%, 42%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.2:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark turquoise.

Colour values

#06C8D2#06C8D2
HEX#06C8D2
RGBrgb(6, 200, 210)
RGB (0–1)0.0235, 0.7843, 0.8235
RGB percentages2.4%, 78.4%, 82.4%
HSLhsl(182.9, 94.4%, 42.4%)
HSV / HSBhsv(182.9, 97.1%, 82.4%)
CMYK97.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer444,626
CSS custom property--colour: #06C8D2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.46WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness168.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.2:1
Contrast with white2.06:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.2:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#9F9F9F
Inverted#F9372D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#B7BFD3no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 38.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#A0ADD3no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 40.9 from the original
Tritanopia#00D0CBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 9.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.06:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.2:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Dark turquoise · ΔE 4.8Medium turquoise · ΔE 9Light seagreen · ΔE 13Turquoise · ΔE 16.5Aqua · ΔE 21Cyan · ΔE 21
Nearest named CSS colourDark turquoise (#00CED1)ΔE 4.83, a close match
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#D21006
Analogous#06D276, #0662D2
Triadic#D206C8, #C8D206
Split complementary#D20662, #D27606
Tetradic#7606D2, #D21006, #62D206

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#A7F8FD
Lighter +30%#76F5FB
Lighter +20%#44F1FA
Lighter +10%#13EDF8
Darker −10%#0599A0
Darker −20%#036A6F
Darker −30%#023A3D
Darker −40%#000B0C
More saturated +25%#00CDD8
Less saturated −25%#21B0B7

Channel breakdown

R6
G200
B210
Red6 (2.4%)
Green200 (78.4%)
Blue210 (82.4%)
Hue182.94°
Saturation (HSL)94.44%
Lightness42.35%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 06 · G C8 · B D2

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